Dunkertons Cider

Cidery in Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 1980

Contact
Dowdeswell Park, London Road, Charlton Kings, GL52 6UT, England
Description
Founded in Herefordshire.
Pressed, fermented, and bottled in Gloucestershire.

Dunkertons history reaches back to 1980 when Ivor and Susie Dunkerton made the decision to escape London and buy a small holding in Pembridge, Herefordshire. They realised that with such a small amount of land they needed to specialise in some form of agriculture and spotted that traditional cider making presented a fantastic opportunity.

In 2014 Ivor and Susie passed Dunkertons to their son Julian and his business partner Bean.

In 2016 the production business relocated to our new state of the art cidery at Dowdeswell Park, Cheltenham.

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6.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Small head with short suration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are apples, fruits, barnyard and has a nice fruity finish.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2016 at 12:52

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Bottle from Ciderwinkel.nl, BB 26/5/17, large sample. Clear yellow to golden color, short bubbly head. Aroma of dry apple, oak, cork, slight funk. Dry in taste, apple, wood, bit farmhouse funk. Decent stuff, but nothing spectacular.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Aug 2016 at 09:22

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle at home, 31/07/16. Hazed orange with a decent off white head that dissipates to a crown of bubbles. Nose is earthy apple, light smoke, straw, pear skins, farmy. Taste comprises toffee apple, burnt sugar, earthy, apple pulp. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a bitter sweet finale. Decent enough offering.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2016 at 10:43

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 6
Sample from bottle shared by @Travlr at ’In de Wildeman’ during Carnivale Brettanomyces 2016 pale yellow/golden with no head, looks like a white wine. Aroma of fruits, pears, sweet, soft. Taste is very nice, sweet and sour pears, soft, nice sweet, average body, quite ok, --- Beer merged from original tick of Organic Perry on 24 May 2018 at 15:03 - Score: 7
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jun 2016 at 13:01

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
500 ml. bottle shared by Travlr @ In De Wildeman during Carnivale Brettanomyces 2016! Thank you sir! Very pale golden, few thin streams of bubbles rising & no head. Nose is mellow sweetish pear, low sweet pear, sweet but not heavily so. Taste is low mineral, touch sulfur-like note, basic sweet pear, not very expressive. Low fine carbonation, sweet but not extremely so. About okay.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jun 2016 at 11:44

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sampled from bottle at ’In de Wildeman’ during Carnivale Brettanomyces 2016. Clear, pale straw yellow. Sourish-fruity aroma of pear, some apples and a touch of gooseberry. Sweetish, slightly sourish, fruity taste of pear, apple and white grapes, followed by a short, slightly tart and dry finish. Thin to medium body, slightly effervescent and quite astringent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Nice!
Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2016 at 10:45

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sampled from bottle. Thanks for sharing Gene. Clear very pale golden color, no head. Smell and taste pear, sweetness, slightly sugar. Average body and soft carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jun 2016 at 07:38

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle at In De Wildeman. Crystal clear pale yellow color, champagne bubbles. Decent fruit aroma. Taste is lightly tart, dry, fruity, quick finish.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jun 2016 at 01:16

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
2010 vintage bottle thanks to Leighton. It pours clear deep gold with a small white head. The aroma is sweet, earthy, sweet apple pie, a bit sugary, some barnyard funk and white sugar. The taste is crisp, light tartness, apple skin, wood, tannins, white grape skin, alcohol hit with a drying finish. Medium body and fine, prickly carbonation. Perhaps a touch sweet, but ok.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jun 2016 at 10:45

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle shared at the Watford tasting, many thanks to Leighton for this one. A dark golden orange coloured pour with a fading white head. Aroma is funky dry apple, plasrtic, woody, hint of parmesan. Flavour is composed of crisp woody apple, dry, hint of plastic , drying wood. Palate is crisp, tangy, pithy, highish carbonation. Interesting
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jun 2016 at 10:38